In 1949, a young Dartmouth student named William Stark left his study-abroad program in Zurich for a berth as an Ordinary Seaman on a Finnish windjammer that wo

Charles Davis was one of the world's leading maritime model builders. During the first half of the last century, he was also acclaimed as an artist, historian,

Cape Horn conjures up images of wind-whipped waters and desperate mariners in frozen rigging. Long recognized as a maritime touchstone for sailors, it marks the

The author recalls his journey by sea to Cape Horn, a place of myth and sea-faring legend, while also charting the role of this difficult sea passage in the his

A tale of high adventure at sea in one of the least known parts of the world.